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The gun debate rolls on

Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

As I wrote last week, that week’s April Fools’ Day spoof issue is one of my favorite things we do every year. Writing Onion-style satire pieces about local issues is an opportunity to flex an unusual set of muscles.

I was surprised to hear intelligent people wonder aloud, “Really?” after seeing last week’s cover boasting that the newspaper was made of “recycled marijuana” and could get you high.

Because, yeah, right, we’re going to give away free pot, and we’re just going to leave it all around town where children can find it.

We’ve heard a couple of funny anecdotes about readers dropping pages after trying to open the newspaper sideways—the little prank we plotted all along.

But the strangest, most hilarious reactions have been the outraged letters, comments and other responses we’ve received in reaction to “City of Reno approved plan to demolish classic Reno recordings.” The piece, which we thought was clearly satirical even without a disclaimer, which it had, claimed that the Reno City Council approved a plan by an out-of-state record label to “destroy every known vinyl copy” of classic songs that mention Reno or were recorded by a wellknown Reno band.

“How does this make sense to anyone?” wrote one reader. “This is history. I am astounded [that] anyone feels it is OK to destroy these vinyl recordings! At the very least auction them off or donate them to someone who will value them.”

Of course, sometimes the point of satire is to demonstrate the ridiculousness of real life. And the fact that some readers totally bought into that story says something very troubling about our current city council.

And for more about an ongoing development that inspired that piece, check out this week’s feature story on page 11.

Re “Maybe definition is nothing” (letters, March 22): Kudos to the U.S. kids who have demonstrated greater depth of thought and moral compass than many of their adult conservators. Thanks to each of you who made a commitment to personal action. Thanks for showing the best of what public education can be. Thanks for demonstrating your knowledge and appreciation for heretofore American values.

Your grandparents’ generation also answered the challenge: “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” From civil rights to Vietnam, from rebuilding communities from within to being involved with emergent technologies of the 21st century, that generation has watched with sadness, and now alacrity, that which was built up be torn down.

So now it is your turn. You’ve made a fine start. Do not be afraid; your bravery will be rewarded. Keep a journal. It does not have to be sentences and paragraph a day—a simple word daily to describe something you learned, something that fascinated you, something that disgusted or saddened you.

Over the years it will all come back to you.

Here’s to the journey!

Shayne Del Cohen Reno

—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne wsrev i ew . com

Mr. William Micklish should follow his own advice. He needs to make sure he knows what he is talking about regarding “single action vs. double action” handguns.

These terms are NOT exclusive to revolvers, as he claimed. There are single action and double action semi-automatic handguns as well as revolvers. He is typical of the rabid gun-grabbers, spewing nonsense and trying to pass it off as fact.

Stephen Bloyd Carson City

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I’d like to thank William and Don for clarifying gun definitions that can be used to draw legal lines. Our legislators must consider these definitions when they draft bills in response to the number of killings we’ve endured for far too long. Consider the following: Many think repealing bump stocks is a move forward. I assure you, however, that a search of YouTube that includes “AR-15” and “automatic” will convince you that a bump stock ban is meaningless. You must draw the lines based on mechanical functionality. To satisfy the Second Amendment, I recommend a minimum of two manual interactions to fire any single round—cock/ fire or load/fire. For double-barrel shotguns, you get two rounds before you must manually reload. Put a reasonable limit on the number of rounds that can be loaded onto any other weapon—six long seemed sufficient for handgun manufacturers, so why not that for both handguns and long guns? If you need more, then you have to jump through more rigorous hoops and jump over higher hurdles to purchase and/or own these more lethal devices. Again, the basic concept is to limit the damage that can be done by any one person when they slip through the inevitable cracks of whatever laws get put in place.

Michel Rottmann Virginia Highlands

Corrections Re “More creeping common sense on drugs” (Let Freedom Ring, March 29): The commentary reported, “The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is now accepting volunteers for a phase III study of the effectiveness of MDMA for treatment of Post Traumatice Stress Disorder (PTSD). Phase III is the final stage before legalization.”

Actually, enrollment in the Phase 3 trials has not started. MAPS currently expects enrollment to begin in May or June. People who are interested in learning more can visit maps.org/participate.

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The commentary further reported results from the completed Phase 2 clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy that were just from the first trial. These are the correct overall Phase 2 results: “In MAPS’ completed Phase 2 trials with 107 participants, 61 percent no longer qualified for PTSD after three sessions of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy two months following treatment. At the 12-month follow-up, 68 percent no longer had PTSD. All participants had chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD, and had suffered from PTSD for an average of 17.8 years.”

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by JERI CHADWELL

Your favorite local park? asked at City oF reno MuniCipal Court, 1. s. sierra st.

Mike y Ferguson Sales representative

The one right on the other side here—on Arlington—with the basketball courts.

JaMes Ferguson Retiree

The one on Arlington is where we go—Arlington Park. Everyone plays there, and it is a good environment right next to the little river and everything.

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Entrepreneur

Nearly every local business owner we know loves to complain about Yelp. They hate the negative reviews written by angry, self-entitled amateurs. They hate the aggressive sales techniques and the preferential treatment given to advertisers. And we agree. Yelp is terrible.

However, we often see some of the same business owners who complain about Yelp spending their advertising dollars on “sponsored posts” on Facebook or ads on various websites. Complaining about the petty, unethical, vindictive tone of internet “content creators” and “influencers,” while spending all your ad money online is worse than hypocritical; it’s self-defeating.

Obviously, we have a horse in this race. We give away this newspaper for free. And we’re able to do that because of support from our advertisers. At the RN&R, we keep a high degree of separation between advertising and editorial. There’s a literal as well as a figurative wall between the two departments. Over here on the editorial side, we don’t know what the ads are going to be until we see them in the published paper. And even then, we try not to pay very close attention. That doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate our advertisers; it just means that we don’t want the ads to influence future coverage.

That said, we still think print is the only media where readers treat the ads like real content. We change the channel during radio ads and mute the sound during TV commercials. We don’t clip them out

of radio and television broadcasts. We can’t hit the X fast enough on online ads. Billboards are fine if you hate nature and love distracted drivers. We won’t sign on for either of those things. In fact, we dislike billboards so much that we’re inclined to avoid businesses that advertise on them.

But when we read magazines and newspapers, we look at the ads. (We’ll leave it to the fine folks on the RN&R sales team to demonstrate the wisdom of advertising in this paper rather than other local publications.)

This is a tough time for printed media. The executive branch of the U.S. government is openly hostile to traditional journalism. The latest salvo is a proposed tariff on imports of Canadian uncoated groundwood papers—this includes newsprint and the paper used in book publishing. This would harm every aspect of the printed word.

Local journalists must also compete against the corporate infiltration of companies like Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KRNV and KRXI here in Reno, and dictates national scripts for their “local” reporters to recite.

Journalism needs community support, and advertising is a mutually beneficial way to do that. And if you give your advertising dollars to giant online megaliths rather than local media outlets, then don’t waste our time with feel-good messages about “buying local” or rants about whatever websites you don’t like. Ω

“Buy local” but not advertise local?

Idlewild. I like the rose garden at Idlewild.

Chris ChaMberl ain Musician

I like Crystal Peak Park, kind of just out on the outskirts of town.

I used to like Pickett Park a lot.

Pickett’s cool.

JaMeson ale x ander Musician

I like Dorostkar Park, way out there in the middle of nowhere.

The name’s not so much—but that park is legit.

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by SHEILA LESLIE

The primary election lineup is ready Seventeen Nevadans have declared themselves ready to become our next governor, a politically diverse group of eight Republicans, six Democrats, one Libertarian, one Independent American, and one Bundy with no political party at all.

The primary on June 12 will narrow the contenders from the major parties, leaving just five months of intensifying political ads before we receive the mercy of election day on Nov. 6. But you shouldn’t need political advertising this year to make up your mind since the leading candidates are currently serving in elected office and have distinct records that reveal their priorities.

Two state government officeholders lead the pack on the Republican side, each vying to be more extreme, both unacceptable to voters weary of politicians who believe their personal moral code should be the law of the land, a position in conflict with Nevada’s libertarian underpinnings.

Adam Laxalt, who was swept into office during the 2014 mid-term elections when Democratic base voters stayed home on

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election day, has not performed well as attorney general, getting caught up in a “pay to play” scandal and constantly fighting with Nevada’s moderate Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, who pointedly has avoided endorsing him. Most recently, Laxalt filed an amicus brief to side with Texas in regard to an anti-abortion law which interferes with a woman’s right to control her reproductive decisions, despite Nevada voters’ clear decision in 1990 to protect these rights. A federal judge found the Texas law to be unconstitutional, but Laxalt signed Nevada up to support the Texas attorney general’s appeal. One can surmise that as Nevada’s governor, Laxalt would become even bolder in pushing his morality on the rest of us. No, thanks.

Dan Schwartz is another Republican who rode the Republican wave and became state treasurer during the Democrats’ mid-term debacle of 2014. Schwartz has two claims to political fame, neither of them endearing him to progressives. He insulted and angered legislators by presenting a three-page

“alternative budget” in 2015 that featured a 25 percent tax on food and drink receipts instead of the small corporate tax championed by Sandoval. But his determination to undermine public education by diverting funding to private schools through so-called educational savings accounts is enough to disqualify him from being governor.

Nevada’s children deserve better.

On the Democratic side, two Clark County commissioners are presenting themselves as progressives, but only one has the credentials to back it up. Chris Giunchigliani served 16 years in the Nevada Assembly before joining the Clark County Commission, specializing in education policy, green energy, voting rights and women’s health care. She’s a tough negotiator focused on making government work for everyone, not just the wealthy.

Her primary opponent, Steve Sisolak, is a former regent, best known in Northern Nevada for his insistence on subsidizing the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas with taxpayer funds. Recently he tweeted

proudly that over $3 million was raised in room tax in February for the Raiders, as if we should all be proud to hand multimillionaires tax dollars that could have been earmarked for mental health care or education. The Raiders deal has been derided across the country as the biggest stadium boondoggle in our nation’s history, but Sisolak thinks it’s our salvation.

Primary voters will have other significant choices to make on June 12, including a contest in Assembly District 24 among four Democrats that will determine the winner, thanks to an ill-advised change in the law in 2015 which allows primary voters of one party to pick a representative without the benefit of a general election if no one from an opposing party files.

This disenfranchisement of voters is shameful, as it denies non-partisan voters, Republicans and minor parties the opportunity to vote for Assembly in District 24.

It’s downright un-American. Ω

by Brendan Trainor

Are the kids alright?

The students who gathered March 24 to #MarchforOurLives demonstrated the passion and conviction of youth after the horrible school shooting in Parkland Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on St. Valentine’s Day this year.

Public policy should not be, but too often is, based on raw emotion. That is why adults, not children, write laws. The sentiments expressed by the marching students were overwhelmingly in favor of banning or restricting gun ownership by private citizens. Many were heard saying that gun ownership should be restricted to the government and the police. Even more troubling, many actually believed they could be next for a mass shooting. They repeatedly said they do not feel safe in school. They want more school security, but many disagree with either arming teachers or hiring more school resource officers.

The marchers were ignorant that the number of school shootings of four or more students is exceedingly rare. Both

school shootings and gun violence in general are in a steep, decades-long decline.

The chances of dying in any kind of mass shooting in America are 1 in 11,125; of dying in a car accident is 1 in 491; of drowning 1 in 1,133; and of choking on food is 1 in 3,461. For the Parkland Students, this fear may be excusable. Their fear may be analogous to fear of flying. Airline travel is the safest of any transportation, but every plane accident is likely to bring a high death toll—and receive days of coverage on cable news and social media.

Knowing how safe airline travel is and how unlikely it is to be in a crash can be forgotten quickly if a crash involves your loved ones. So the children of Parkland can be forgiven for their fears. But not the 100,000 who marched with them. It is safe to say nearly all of them never experienced a mass shooting or even knew someone involved in one.

Perhaps the reason why the kids are so skittish is because they are the PATRIOT Act generation. They grew up experiencing lockdown America all their lives. They have never boarded a plane without the Transportation Security Administration security theatre. They have been told endlessly by adults that America is in grave danger of imminent terrorist attacks, that we have to fight endless wars overseas to keep the homeland safe.

And sometimes a rare terrorist event does occur, such as the Pulse dance club massacre in nearby Orlando. They rarely hear someone in authority point out that the odds of being a victim of a terrorist attack in America are even lower than being in a mass school shooting.

It would be interesting to know how many of the marchers walk or bike to school. They are also the generation most likely to be driven to school by their parents. Helicopter parents often call the police on those parents who

let their kids walk to school. Many American parents believe a pimp will kidnap an unguarded 10 year old to a life of degradation. It has gotten so bad that Utah just passed a “Free Range Kids” bill to protect parents who allow their children to explore on their own.

Like many adult voters, the marchers are far more comfortable taking away others’ freedom than to have theirs infringed.

Many of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas students objected to the new school security policy that only clear plastic backpacks would be allowed.

They used social media to call their school “Marjory Stoneman Douglas Penitentiary.”

They have yet to learn to be careful what you wish for. Ω

The Fair Housing Act protects families with children under the age of 18 from illegal housing discrimination.

RECOGNIZE POSSIBLE SIGNS OF DISCRIMINATION: “No kids” Rules targeting children.

“Steering” families with children to ground floor units.

Higher deposits because of the presence of children.

“You won’t be happy here. There’s no playground.”

Be aware that there is an exemption for qualifying senior/age-restricted housing communities.

If you would like additional information or, believe you have been a victim of housing discrimination, contact: Silver State Fair Housing Council 775.324.0990 l 888.585.8634 toll-free l Relay Nevada 711 l FairHousing@ssfhc.org l www.ssfhc.org Federal and State fair housing laws prohibit discrimination in housing because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, family status, disability, ancestry, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. Funding for this announcement was provided by a grant from Washoe County.

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by Dennis Myers

UNR faRm paRcels foR sale

Donald Trump’s efforts to revive the coal industry in West Virginia are hurting Nevada’s renewable energy industry.

The University of Nevada, Reno is trying to sell 15.73 percent of the land in its 916-acre University Farm on the east side of the Truckee Meadows.

The two parcels for sale were described in a campus news release: “The 104-acre McCarran parcel ... was annexed into the City of Reno in 2011. ... It is on the east side of McCarran Boulevard and extends from Clean Water Way approximately 4,700 feet to the south and has a depth of about 927 feet. … Proposals are also being sought, through a broker, for the purchase of 40-acre parcel at the far southeastern end of the Farm adjacent to Pembroke Drive and the Southeast Connector road, which is currently under construction.”

The release also noted that the 104-acre parcel is “zoned as planned unit development.”

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RailRoad plaNs speNdiNg Union Pacific Railroad, whose rails cross the Truckee Meadows, announced it will be spending $56.2 million in Nevada in 2018 on operations, safety and maintenance.

Trump and Tesla

Ties AWAiT insTALLATiOn A statement from the railroad said its operations reduce wear and tear on Nevada highways because its “trains reduce traffic on Nevada’s congested highways. A single Union Pacific train can carry as much freight as 300 trucks and move one ton of freight 452 miles on a single gallon of diesel, generating a carbon footprint that is 75 percent less than trucks.”

New concrete railroad ties are already stacked along the rails through downtown Reno (see photo).

Reid RedUx Former U.S. senator Harry Reid of Nevada said he is appalled that Republicans do not call their leader to account.

“Why would they be afraid of him?” Democrat Reid told New York Times reporter Carol Hulse in an interview last week during a visit to D.C. “It should be just the opposite. … Pick any one thing you want. No one says anything. They have become acolytes for Trump.”

Reid spends most of his time in Nevada. He signed on as a consultant to MGM, which supports a public policy school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Reid and former Republican U.S. House speaker John Boehner co-chair the school.

On March 22, at an MGM casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reid held a luncheon for retired Senate Democrats like himself, including his predecessor as Democratic leader, Tom Daschle, and 11 other top names of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Reid and former senator and secretary of state John Kerry appeared in Reno this week, speaking at the University of Nevada, Reno campus on bipartisanship, a practice that used to be common in U.S. politics.

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Energy issues affect Nevadans

“Wouldn’t it be appropriate to actually evaluate these things before asking Congress for money?” Masto asked.

Perry said the requested funding was for licensure, not operation—$110 million for licensing, $10 million for temporary storage—but that did not satisfy the senator.

The sums were small, given the budgets allocated to the project when it was still viable and functioning.

Republicans in recent years have increasingly been willing to fund programs to deal with climate change.

They may not talk about it in those terms, fearful of stirring up the party base, but the votes show where they have migrated.

Heller is a prime example. He seldom expresses skepticism of climate science any more. Green Tech Media reported that he “came to the defense of clean energy credits. His website announces that he wants to work to ‘develop renewable resources efficiently and affordably.’ In February he won an award from the Solar Energy Industries Association for his support of clean energy.”

mUsky plaNt Nevada, which incessantly markets itself as the Saudi Arabia of solar power and benefits from federal research funding, received a boost in the new federal budget, over the objections of the Trump administration.

Indeed, Donald Trump’s recommendations were overridden by the Republican Congress in so many areas that it is dubious to call it the Trump budget any more.

Meanwhile, Tesla is experiencing serious troubles, with its publicly subsidized Nevada plant in Storey County the subject of considerable speculation.

Donald Trump’s recommended budget for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy— credited with leading efforts to reduce the cost of solar—was $696 million, a decline from $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2017. The Republican Congress instead gave the office either an 11 percent increase (according to the Natural Resources Defense Council) or 14 percent (New York Times).

Congress also shielded both the Energy Star program and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy from elimination, which Trump had

recommended. In fact, ARPA-E got a 15 percent increase in its budget.

ARPA-E provides funding for projects that show promise but are unlikely to get commericial funding.

Stymied by Congress’s willingness to defy his attempts to cripple clean energy research and revive coal, Trump said, “I say to Congress, I will never sign another bill like this again.

I’m not going to do it again.”

During processing of the budget, legislators also scrutinized Trump’s plan to revive the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain.

The Washington Post reported, referring to U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, “The Nevada Republican is the most vulnerable senator up for reelection in 2018, and he blocked efforts by the Energy Department to revive the unpopular nuclear storage program at Yucca Mountain.”

Energy Secretary Rick Perry faced questioning in committee from Nevada legislators about the project, and in one case he conceded to U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto that no planning for the facility after restart had been done.

Tesla’s troubles were reflected in a number of ways, including rapidly declining share prices, a vehicle recall, a court ruling, a federal investigation, and news coverage that was rough.

Headlines included: “Tesla’s ‘day of reckoning’ is near as its plunging stock increases financing risk” (CNBC).

“Tesla Looked Like the Future.

Now Some Ask if It Has One” (New York Times).

“Tesla recalls almost half the cars it ever built, as shares tank and Musk’s billions shrink” (NBC News).

Tesla shares lost more than a fifth of their value in less than a month.

A federal investigation is underway of a Tesla crash in which a California driver was killed.

More than 100,000 vehicles were recalled for bolt replacement prompted—according to the corporation—by caution, not by accidents or crashes.

In Delaware Chancery Court, Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights found that a stockholder lawsuit can go forward because CEO Elon Musk is effectively in control of Tesla even though he is

not a majority stockholder. The issue came footprint. Including several levels, the up in a suit against Tesla over Musk’s $2 factory currently is about 4.9 million square billion acquisition of Solar City, which was feet of operational space. This represents regarded as having little value. Delaware only ~30 percent of the planned completed case law protects some corporate boards Gigafactory, according to Tesla.” Electrek’s from litigation if the company is controlled report was accompanied by satellite images by a majority stockholder. As a result, of the plant site.

Tesla revealed that—to the surprise of Bloomberg News obtained an email writmany—Musk holds only 22 percent of the ten by Tesla engineering chief Doug Fields corporation’s shares. His dominance in which he reacted like Donald Trump of the company derives from his to industry analysis and criticism: “I personality, not his shares, the find that personally insulting, and Tesla corporation argued. you should too. Let’s make them “CEOs (especially good regret ever betting against us. shares lost ones) often exercise significant You will prove a bunch of haters day-to-day control over a wrong.” a fifth of their company’s operations; they Fields apparently did not value often have significant stockconsider the possibility that holdings; and they are often the scrutiny of the corporation is public face of their companies,” proper, given that it is using sharethe Tesla brief said. “That’s their job. holders’ money.

Such facts do not make them controlling The New York Times recalled that just stockholders under Delaware law.” a year ago, “Wall Street was enraptured.

Slights disagreed, finding information Tesla’s market value rose to surpass that of submitted on behalf of the litigants to be a either General Motors or Ford, car compacredible showing that Musk firmly controls nies with a century of experience.” the company.

Those are conditions that often conceal Electrek reported that Tesla has resumed troubling factors that are out of sight of the earth-moving at its Nevada plant site after public. Shortly before the 2008 Wall Street a year of dormancy. The industry site said meltdown, Wall Street ratings services like “the company’s giant battery factory in the Moody’s gave enraptured ratings to firms middle of the Nevada desert is still only ~30 that soon collapsed. The Times quoted percent completed and the building hasn’t Investing.com senior analyst Clement expanded throughout the last year. The Thibault: “Tesla has been living on borrowed current structure has a 1.9 million square-foot time and money for quite some time.” Ω

Hail, Cesar

Martin Hislop, left, and Angel Rodriguez, two of the three members of Trio Bossanova, provided the music at Cesar Chavez XVI, Reno’s annual celebration of the United Farm Workers leader’s birth. It was held at Circus Circus, a union hotel casino, and this year’s event featured a preview of the play César Chávez Resistencia!

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omething was up in Reno. For months, officials and activists kept hearing about a previously unknown Colorado mega-corporation acquiring land to the north and west of the city core. More often than not, this kind of thing is accompanied by announcements of projects, of building, of jobs. This corporation, Jacobs Entertainment, tended not to do that.

“Now, here you have a very low-key land assemblage,” said City Councilmember Jenny Brekhus, who represents the territory at issue.

Once word got around, and more and more plots of land were acquired, there was increasing concern about the corporation’s intentions.

There was a time when demolition of buildings was taken as progress in Reno (“Paradise lost,” RN&R, Nov. 16, 2006), but those days were long gone. The outof-control growth of the late 1970s that wreaked havoc with quality of life in the Truckee Meadows added new sensibilities to the city, including heritage. Some residents became more interested in city government that served residents rather than tourists.

Now, a seemingly high-handed absentee corporation was treating Reno properties like chess pieces without giving the public or its representatives any sense of the big picture that was being planned for the city.

The Reno Gazette Journal on March 27 reported that one businessperson, Farrah Reed, has been briefed

by Jacobs on the plans that have been withheld from elected officials and the public that elected them. She declined to describe the plans.

It’s up to public officials to press for transparency, but members of the Reno City Council—Neoma Jardon and Hillary Schieve—have been found standing shoulder to shoulder with Jacobs executives at news conferences to promote their undisclosed plans, which did a good job of sending the message that the city had little interest in requiring clarity from Jacobs. It was a reminder that when Project C, which became the Silver Legacy, was announced in 1993, Mayor Pete Sferrazza angered many by being seated on the stage with CircusCircus and Eldorado representatives before the city had done its job of scrutiny.

“I’m so perplexed by Jacobs Entertainment and their refusal to reveal their exact plans,” said one activist who did not want her name used. “What could they possibly be building on all that land?

And why demolish what’s there now, so far in advance of building anything?

I wish city officials would ask for a clear depiction of what this ‘Fountain District’ will actually contain rather than supporting all of this demolition without question. Empty lots benefit no one, and some of these motels could be turned into appealing and viable development. It’s frustrating.”

Jacobs’ vague descriptions of its plans or lack of plans have created equally vague journalism. KTVN and the Reno Gazette Journal have described Jacobs’ plans as “mixed-use redevelopment.” The news site This is Reno characterized comments by a Jacobs publicist as “plans for the properties are not yet determined.”

“While Jacobs Entertainment has not yet announced exactly what will be built … it’s all part of a bigger plan,” reported KTVN, without saying what the bigger plan is.

Contacting Jacobs’ Colorado office is just as frustrating. A menu tells a caller to punch zero for help, followed by “Sorry, the operator is not available.”

In November, a Jacobs news release said it was planning for “a new arts and entertainment district.”

The term “Fountain District” itself became a target. “We name districts,” said one official. “They don’t.”

The corporation also seemed to try to keep the northwest quadrant below the radar.

For instance, there was the odd matter of the intersection of Washington and Fourth streets. There were a couple of “SEcRET traffic deaths at planS” that corner, and it continued prompted underon page standable concern 12 in official circles. It

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may have just been coincidence— the intersection had been there for decades without getting a reputation as hazardous. continued But Jacobs got involved and from page 11 convinced the city council to create a blockage so that cars can no longer cross Fourth at Washington. It was a strange “solution” to the problem, if it was a problem, and it certainly was not what Jacobs called it—a “traffic improvement.”

“Why is Jacobs interested in such a thing?” asked one official.

Perhaps because getting it resolved, at least temporarily, took some eyes off the northwest quadrant.

Some worried that Jacobs, with more than 20 acres acquired, might “combine blocks to create superblocks” or that the corporation might unveil a Las Vegas-style megaresort. Surprisingly, what turned the matter into a more public dispute was something far less elaborate—motels.

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How Reno tHRived Nevada would not have been successful in the postwar era if it had not been for motels, and no city knew that better than Reno.

In 1925, Reno was designated as the site for a 1927 Transcontinental Highway Exposition, and it was not really a good choice, though few city leaders would have admitted it. Utah and California helped out with money, but the city scrambled to find places to put visitors. Existing hotels—motels did not yet exist—could hardly handle the overflow, and camps were set up in places like Deer Park in Sparks. Just two months before the expo was scheduled to start, the exposition board and local chamber of commerce threw a whopping $35,000 at the problem ($495,152.56 in February, 2018, dollars) for a tent city to provide a thousand housing units.

The city got through that challenge, but by the time the soldiers and sailors came marching home in 1945 and ’46, the challenge was not a five-week festival but a nation that emerged from the Depression and war as mobile and prosperous, ready to travel to resort destinations with disposable income. As it happens, just seven months after Reno was given the task of staging the 1927 exposition, there had been a new development on the U.S. scene. In San Luis Obispo on Dec. 12, 1925, Milestone Mo-Tel opened. Designed by architect Arthur Heineman, it opened with two-room bungalows available for $1.25 a night. It is believed to be the first motel.

As Reno, Las Vegas and other communities thrived in the 1950s, motels were a huge part of the reason. There were hotels in Reno, but they were not adequate to the demand, not especially plush, and not always successful. Even the first postwar tourist hotel constructed, the Mapes, had chronic financial problems throughout its history and survived only with welfare from the U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Motels blossomed like dandelions and became a part of Nevada lore. Nevadans told of movie star Lash LaRue opening a motel on the western U.S. 40 approach to Reno. In 1957, actress Jean Peters married billionaire Howard Hughes at the L & L Motel in Tonopah, Nevada, reportedly in room 33. In 1959, with a court action by motel owners to seize the receipts of a new room tax pending, the Washoe County Fair and Recreation Board spent all the money from the first quarter before the court acted. Frank Sinatra, Jr., was kidnapped from a Lake Tahoe motel in 1963. When KOLO television’s building in Reno erupted in flames in the middle of a newscast in 1977, the staff moved operations next door, into the El Rancho Motel.

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a row of three Jacobs-owned motel properties, now demolished, are in the foreground. looming over them are the kind of hotels that eclipsed them.

outlet, there was a fight about whether the very name of the business violated the law.

But the motel era began to dim in the 1970s, after corporate gambling was made legal. With major new capital, huge casinohotels were built, the rooms rented at low prices—lower than similar hotels in other, non-gambling cities would charge—just to get gamblers into the buildings where casinos awaited. A few were able to adapt. The Golden Road Motel eventually evolved into the Clarion, a high-rise that is now the Atlantis Hotel-Casino. But that was not an option available to many such businesses.

During the Reagan era, when a large homeless population became a fixture of communities for the first time since the Depression, motels slowly began renting by the week to stay in business. These rates were often not acts of mercy—some residents were able to scrape together enough money each week to keep motel roofs over their heads but could not get far enough ahead to rent a real room or apartment at a more reasonable monthly rate and found themselves trapped.

Motels along Fourth Street experienced a double hex.

Not only did they suffer as other motels did from the lowcost hotel rooms, but the construction through Reno of Interstate 80 drained from U.S. 40 the transcontinental traffic on which they had depended.

Motels seemed to mean something to Renoites, and the acquisition and impending demolition of them this year raised the profile of Jacobs Entertainment and its undisclosed plans.

Jacobs has made a $1.5 million affordable housing donation to the local housing authority. In its November news release, it said, “Although there are many plans in the works to bring the redevelopment goal to fruition, the company is still cognizant of pressing community needs. Jacobs Entertainment is partnering with Econo Lodge, located at 1885 S. Virginia St., to provide any previous senior residents who may have been displaced with a long-term, affordable housing solution. The five-year arrangement includes renting out 50 units to help the displaced seniors. The seniors staying at the Econo Lodge will receive amenities consisting of weekly maid service, laundry services and a pool. Earlier this month, three seniors have already moved into Econo Lodge.”

There’s a section of Reno known in official documents as the northwest quadrant. It falls within the railroad tracks, Interstate 80, Keystone and Ralston Avenues. Whatever Jacobs is up to is happening within or just outside the quadrant.

A master plan update for the area says of the quadrant, “The area is not identified as a formal district by the Downtown Action Plan, as near-term plan priorities are focused on other districts within the downtown regional center.” That telegraphed the city’s lack of interest in the area, which may have made it ideal for outside interests that did not want a lot of official attention.

The quadrant had once been a familiar one to Reno families, including teens who frequented the Sparkle Car Wash, a nearby burger-and-fries drive-in, and the florist at Ralston and Fourth that provided prom corsages. In the buildings that now contain the Gold Dust West casino was a neighborhood grocery, Washoe Market, a Sprouse-Reitz store, and half a dozen other merchants. The Gold ’n’ Silver restaurant was where Reno police officers grabbed quick meals and where school teams departed in early morning for out-of-town tourneys. Shakey’s—the first chain pizza joint in Reno— Spudnuts, P&S Hardware, Keystone Owl Drug, the Starlite Bowl, and Smorgy’s were all familiar names.

Deeper in the residential section of the quadrant—between Fourth and the railroad tracks, bleeding over into the next quadrant to the south, the Powning District—was another bit of history.

Here, there were rooming houses where working people seeking divorces stayed during Reno’s time as a quickie divorce mecca.

Celebrities and the affluent could stay at the outlying divorce ranches, but the less well-heeled came to Reno, took rooms in the rooming or boarding houses, and got jobs. When word went around that Jacobs had acquired one rooming house, it set off alarm bells for some locals.

However much Jacobs wanted to keep its corporate head down, there was one acquisition that could not be done quietly—the Sands and the Gold Dust West, state-licensed casinos in a package deal. The Gold Dust West, which occupied a full city block, was a spinoff of the Gold Dust, a casino that once operated on Sierra Street in downtown Reno. Paradoxically, the Gold Dust—which aimed at tourists—did not survive, but the Gold Dust West, which attracted locals, is still operating.

The quadrant does not suffer as severely from some of the urban maladies that afflict other Reno areas. It is relatively safe, and many residents work there or use businesses like the Gold ’n’ Silver.

Brekhus, who represents the quadrant on the city council, says no one expected anyone to turn their attention there for major development.

“When we did the downtown plan, we did not have a clear vision for this part of downtown and more or less left a holding spot for it to be revised at a later time,” she said. “In the meantime, Jacobs started buying up land. I am advocating that we go back to the drawing board and look into the area as we said we would. I will be asking the mayor, council and manager to start up that participatory and transparent planning process soon. There are also some perverse incentives or advantages in the code related to sewer connections that I think need to be reexamined and will be bringing that up soon as well. At minimum, someone who demolishes and displaces residents in this period of a housing crunch and possible sewer capacity shortages, should not get a favorable treatment if they are not moving on with a new project in the near term.”

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The fuTure Preservationists have been determined in trying to stop demolitions and call attention to the problem Jacobs has become.

A group called Mid-Century Motel Team called to Jacobs’ attention specific examples in Boise, Sacramento, Denver and Austin, Texas, of motels retooled for other uses. Real estate agent Barrie Lynn filed appeals to try to stop demolitions. Some motel owners said they are declining sales offers so that lowincome people will have places to live.

ThisisReno.com noted that Chicago has an ordinance requiring weekly motels to notify residents when motels become available for sale and also inform affordable housing developers that the property is for sale. “Reno has no such ordinance,” the website pointedly reports.

There are problems with applying historic preservation to motels. Aging homes and some businesses can be upgraded and improved and put back into use. The singular design of motels does not necessarily lend itself to that kind of thing.

One motel here or there may be converted to some boutique purpose, developers say, but there is a limit to how many motels can be saved.

And while many activists pointed out that motels are being torn down at a time when people are having trouble finding affordable housing in Reno, getting from A to B is not easy.

Motels are privately owned, and the city is hardly in a position to acquire them and turn them into affordable housing. Jacobs did not acquire them for such a purpose. That leaves the federal government, but that kind of a project needed to be initiated long before motels were being bought up for demolition.

On the website RenoSparks.org, there is a map of the block bounded by Fourth, Arlington, Third and West streets.

It shows uses for most of the buildings on the block—most of them motels—that presumably would allow them to be saved:

“Apartments for young professionals and students. Long term amenities for business travelers.” “Boutique shops that feature Reno’s artist presence, outdoor culture, specialty foods, and antiques.” “The gateway to the neon district, featuring a Neon Museum opening into an active alley which recalls Reno’s rich history.”

Nowhere on the page is there a hint to how this ambitious agenda might be achieved, much less where the money for renovating an entire city block of structures would come from. It reads like a letter to Santa.

The corporation’s secrecy may not be helpful to the community, but there is no law against it. If elected officials will not bring illumination to the situation, the public will stay in the dark.

Brekhus notes that a hometown firm, the Don J Clark Group, announced with great fanfare in April 2016 that it would undertake the largest downtown Reno redevelopment project ever proposed. Named the West 2nd District, it would cost well over a billion dollars and would take a decade to build.

Many details were provided. It would be a freestanding, entirely sustainable project with its own water re-processing, parks and art, and no public subsidies unless they completed the project.

In June and October of 2017, Clark said its project was still on the rails.

By contrast, Brekhus said, Jacobs entered the scene quietly and undertook “very low-key, methodical acquisitions” without informing most people of their plans.

The city’s policy, she said, has long been to seek housing and employment for the downtown area, including a high pay scale for jobs there. She likes the Jacobs’

talk of “arts and entertainment” but said “I don’t know what that means component-wise.”

In another, similar community dispute, local activists in 2016 got organized to stop the University of Nevada, Reno from removing or destroying some 19th-century homes on Center Street between Eighth and Ninth streets.

But the campus had been planning the project for years (“More redevelopment,” RN&R, Oct. 15, 2009). The activists waited until the last minute to try to stop it.

Brekhus said that because of the limited information from Jacobs Entertainment, the current dispute is not another case of activists who waited too long, and there is merit to that. But the empty motels and the homeless people were both in place for years before Jacobs got interested in Reno—indeed, the need was much more urgent then than in this economic boom—and no one put the two together as problem and solution. Nor did the city. Only when an imminent threat to the motels appeared did activists do so. If there is an inclination to blame, it should not fall entirely on one side. Ω

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utside of my condo in northwest Reno, springtime mornings are a pleasantly noisy affair, filled with the sounds of chirping and singing birds. When I walk the dog, I see tiny birds—some variety of flycatcher—flitting about the railings of upperstory condos. The dog snuffles around, flushing mourning doves from the shrubs. And then there are these scrub jays of some variety.

I couldn’t tell you if they’re Woodhouse’s or California scrub jays—but they’re my favorite. I love them because they pester my dog—a little black and white chihuahua—relentlessly for a few weeks each spring. They followed him around on his morning walks, squawking down at him from rain gutters and landing to dance feet in front of him on the sidewalk. He hates it. And he kind of loves it, too, I think.

I’m not a birder, but every spring I find myself wishing I were.

I do, however, count among my acquaintances an actual birder.

Kathy Oakes is a retired field biologist and a long-time member of the Lahontan Audubon Society. I’ve interviewed her for the paper before—back in December of last year, when the Audubon Society was conducting its annual Christmas Bird Count (“For the birds,” RN&R Winter Guide, Dec. 14, 2017).

Photographing birds at a condo can result in spooked neighbors wondering why you’re roaming the complex in the morning hours with a camera, so, when I reached out to Oakes, it was for advice on places to go for some good bird shots. I figured I’d visit Crystal Peak Park in Verdi and Dorostkar Park, just down the street from my home. Oakes suggested I also visit Rancho San Rafael Park and Virginia Lake. She also agreed—generously—to help me identify the birds in any photographs I took. I would definitely need the help but was also curious to know what Oakes recommended as a next step if I caught some kind of birding bug.

It turns out the Lahontan Audubon Society is preparing to kick off a series of bird identification classes on April 18.

The first one, Oakes said, is an introduction to birding. (I wondered if perhaps this course might address assuaging neighbors’ fears when birding in a condo complex.) The class after that will be about identifying backyard birds. (If any class is going to cover condo birding, I figured it would be this one.) Another class will address methods for identifying raptors and birds of prey. And there will even be a class on identifying the myriad varieties of flycatchers.

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“Don Molde, who’s our conservation chair, is going to give the class on identifying flycatchers, which—oh, my goodness—good luck with that,” Oakes said. “Although, this time of year, it’s easier.”

There are many varieties of these quick, often tiny birds in the region.

But, Oakes explained, they’re easier to identify during this time of year, when their plumage turns to bright “breeding colors.”

Oakes pointed me to the Audubon Society’s website for more information on the birding classes and said it’s also a good place to look for a birding guide. An area birding guide can be viewed online. Its information is taken from A Birding Guide to Reno and Beyond, the second edition of which can be purchased through the society’s online store.

Oakes also recommended field trips led by Jeff Bleam, whom she said takes people out every other Friday, rain or shine. (On the website, a photo of him shows that both his dog and his camera are impressively larger than mine.)

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Four hours of photography at four locations yielded about 20 photos I wasn’t too embarrassed to send to Oakes for possible identification.

Some of the birds she was able to identify easily: a male American robin, a male hairy woodpecker, a red-tailed hawk, a Steller’s jay. Some she couldn’t be sure about, like the potential ruby-crowned kinglet that flitted about so quickly, frustrating and amusing me at Crystal Peak Park.

At Virginia Lake, I’d captured shots of slower birds—an American coot, a female mallard, a ruddy duck, a female common merganser and—excitingly—some kind of ornamental “exotic domestic Goose,” which Oakes said had probably been “released to the wild … and found its way to Virginia Lake.”

But it was Oakes’ response to photo number 19, also taken at Virginia Lake, that really felt like—ahem—a feather in my cap.

“Great shot,” she wrote. “The black bird flying in on the left is a Double-crested Cormorant bringing a twig in its mouth to add to a nest.

Also, see the other cormorants sitting on their nests. The gulls are all California Gulls. There is one Canada Goose resting among the cormorants on the right.” Ω Learn more about the upcoming Birds of the Truckee Meadows class series by visiting the Lahontan Audubon Society’s website: www.nevadaaudubon.com.

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The Sheppard Gallery in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Church Fine Arts Building is scheduled to close in May, and plans are in place to move its expanding art collection to a not-yet-named gallery in the new University Arts Building, slated to open in January 2019. After a nearly 60-year run, the gallery’s last act is not a nostalgic farewell to its past, but a nod to the collection’s future. The gallery hosts four small exhibits right now, including one titled Only Light Can Do That: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While the timing is right to commemorate MLK, who was assassinated 50 years ago this week, the exhibition is more about the gallery’s recent efforts to show and collect works by African American artists.

Opened in 1960 and named after artist and professor Craig Sheppard, the gallery at first collected artworks by West Coast artists, many of whom were colleagues or acquaintances of instructors.

In the last few years, there’s been a more deliberate effort to build a collection that suits the needs of art students and the general community. One of those needs, according to curator Paul Baker-Prindle, is “doing deep research.” Another priority, he said, is that if you live in the UNR or Reno community, “you should see yourself in an exhibition program.”

One thing the collection hasn’t included until recently is work by African American artists, who’ve played an inportant role in the history of American art.

“Malcolm X Speaks for Us” by Elizabeth Catlett and “Easter Preparation” by Tyanna Buie are among the works by African American artists on view at UNR’s Sheppard Gallery.

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“That’s certainly true of the performing arts, and I think we just haven’t learned the full depth of what African American visual artists have done,” Baker-Prindle said.

“And I think that’s because a lot of collections don’t include work by them.”

He doesn’t figure the omission has been a willful attempt to be provincial, though.

“Most of our collection was built at a time when very few institutions were collecting works by African American artists,” he said. In recent years, he’s set out to make the collection more inclusive.

In 2016, UNR purchased its first-ever piece by an African-American artist, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, a Los Angeles-area studio photographer who shoots intimate portraits and nudes. The second piece was a painting

by Purvis Young, a self-taught artist from Florida who never finished high school but whose work ended up in the collections of several high-profile museums.

This year, the gallery purchased a print

by Elizabeth Catlett, who passed away in her late 90s in 2012.

“Catlett’s having a moment right now,” said Baker-Prindle. “I think more young people are looking at her right now.” Her print, “Malcolm X Speaks for Us,” raises some timely questions about social protest.

Baker-Prindle figures that this piece is the perfect anchor for a new collection—for the above reasons, and also because, as a longtime teacher, Catlett influenced generations of protégés whose work it would also make sense to collect.

The exhibit also includes a handful of pieces on loan, including one by graduate student DePaul Vera, the show’s only local artist. Ω

Only Light Can Do That: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is on exhibit through May 10 at the Sheppard Gallery, Church Fine Arts building, 1664 N. Virginia St. Curator Paul Baker-Prindle will give a talk at noon on May 2, and a farewell party is scheduled for May 10, 6-8 p.m.

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“There’s no way for me to scare anyone while Trump is president of the United States.”

All a blur Steven Spielberg goes for broke but leaves you bleary-eyed in a bad way with Ready Player One, based on the very popular Ernest Cline novel.

The film is so full of pop culture references that it doesn’t so much deliver them as visually vomit them into your face.

Rather than relishing the opportunity for ’80s nostalgia, Spielberg opts for whiplash pacing and miscasting, squandering the chance to allow any of the fun elements to really sink in. They pass by so fast, the film comes off as more of an exercise for speed trivia aptitude than an attempt at a true narrative.

The futuristic storyline involves something called the OASIS, a virtual reality world that is not only a pastime, but a total escape from real-world poverty and pollution. Wade (Tie Sheridan) lives in a place called the Stacks, basically manufactured homes piled on top of each other, and he whiles away many hours in the OASIS as his alter ego/avatar Parzival.

Halliday (Mark Rylance), the inventor of the OASIS, dies, and in a plot twist quite similar to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, devises a way for somebody to win control of the OASIS. He plants keys throughout the virtual world, and the one who finds all of the keys first gets the whole damn thing.

As soon as Wade/Parzival puts on his VR goggles and jumps into the OASIS, the trivia easter eggs start flying. The opening race scene set in a shapeshifting New York is a true winner, with Parzival trying to evade King Kong in his Back to the Future DeLorean.

What follows are a lot of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameos by the likes of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Chucky, T. Rex and Batman. Scoring the film’s most prominent cameo is the Iron Giant, which is admittedly super cool.

In an ingenious sequence, Parzival and his virtual friends wind up in the Overlook Hotel from The Shining, contending with the bloody elevator, the creepy twins and the decomposing old lady. Alas, we don’t see Jack Nicholson—just his ax.

The sequences that work are far outweighed by passages that become a blur as they race by, as the

movie often refuses to take a breath. Making matters worse, the reality world is populated by characters more cartoonish than the video game avatars.

The usually reliable Ben Mendelsohn seems lost as Sorrento, a former Halliday employee bent on OASIS domination. Olivia Cooke fails to distinguish herself as rebel Samantha (Art3mis in the OASIS), and Sheridan is bland.

Rylance, playing multiple ages, comes off as a bit goofy, and his casting as Halliday makes little to no sense. In the early stages of production, it was rumored that Spielberg was courting the original Wonka, Gene Wilder, before he passed away. Since the movie deeply references the ’80s, casting somebody like Michael J. Fox, Henry Thomas, Tom Cruise or Kevin Bacon— true ’80s icons—could’ve been a lot of fun.

Rylance seems out of place.

The film holds together OK enough for its first three quarters but ultimately falls apart in its final act, to an extent that’s actually boring and makes little sense.

The soundtrack sounds like somebody trying to ape John Williams. For only the third time in his moviemaking career, Spielberg turns to another composer, Alan Silvestri, to score one of his films.

The result lacks originality and is missing that catchy, triumphant-yet-somehow-not-distracting vibe that Williams always seems to pull off. It plays like Williams-Lite.

I’ve made no secret of my love for Spielberg. Jaws is, and will probably always be, my all-time favorite movie, and many other Spielberg films reside near the top my list. Ready Player One definitely belongs in the bottom half of his massive cinematic output.

Perhaps it coming to us a mere few months after his last movie—the far superior The Post—is a sign that his plate was too full to make Ready Player One a winner. It’s a visual rush job. Ω

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Scoring director Ryan Coogler to helm Marvel’s latest proves to be a major triumph. His entry into the Marvel universe is a majestic, full-bodied, exhilarating treatment of the African king title character with the crazy cool suit (Chadwick Boseman).

This is Coogler’s third collaboration with actor Michael B. Jordan, who brings a fully fleshed, complicated villain to the screen in Erik Killmonger. Man, you just have to be bad with that last name. The pre-opening credit scene involves Black Panther’s predecessor father having a confrontation in 1992 Oakland, California. A major event takes place as some kids playing basketball look on. It turns out to be one of the more brilliant and heart-wrenching setups for a Marvel movie character yet. The action cuts to present day, where Black Panther/T’Challa is dealing with the passing of his father due to an event that took place in Captain America: Civil War (massive credit to the producers and screenwriters who interlink these films together so well). He’s to become king but must pass through a ritual with some risk involved. He overcomes the obstacles, gets his throne and prepares for his rule. His kingdom doesn’t get a moment to breathe before trouble ensues. In London, Killmonger comes across an ancient weapon forged in Wakanda, Black Panther’s homeland. It’s made from Vibranium, a precious resource that fuels much of Wakanda’s advanced technology, including the Black Panther suits. With the help of Wakanda enemy Klaue (Andy Serkis acting with his real face as opposed to a motion-capture suit), Killmonger obtains the weapon, threatening world stability. The story is told with a stunning level of social relevance for a superhero film, especially when it comes to Killmonger’s motives. He’s got some big reasons for having gone bad, and they make him a far more sympathetic character than, say, Loki from Thor.

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A Fantastic Woman

Transgender actress Daniela Vega delivers a great performance in an OK film from Chilean director Sebastian Leloir.

She plays Marina, a club singer at night and waitress by day who has a boyfriend twice her age in Orlando (Francisco Reyes). After celebrating her birthday, Orlando falls ill and dies, leaving Marina to deal with his family and authorities. Marina is persecuted by Orlando’s family, questioned by detectives about the circumstances of Orlando’s death and restricted from attending his wake and funeral. The story never really takes hold.

Plotting for the film is routine and unimaginative, but some fantasy sequences and a couple of musical numbers give Vega a nice opportunity to shine. She keeps the movie moving forward when the story lags. Lelio has a few stylistic flourishes in the film, and it’s worth seeing. (It just won Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.) See it for Vega, who takes the film to higher levels.

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Nick Robinson delivers a breakthrough performance as the title character in Love, Simon, a sweet throwback high school comedy about a gay teen who, thanks to email and social networking, might have to come out in a way that doesn’t jibe with his personal schedule. The film feels a bit generic at times, but, by the time the movie plays out, some of the formulaic plot mechanics are mostly forgivable because, well, this movie is pretty damned adorable in the end. Based on the Becky Albertalli novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—which, in my opinion, would’ve been a much better movie title—the screenplay by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker scores enough original and sincere notes to earn smiles and tears. Simon finds out that somebody at his high school is closeted gay thanks to a social media post. Because he’s in the same predicament, Simon creates a Gmail account, contacts the student, and begins a virtual pen pal relationship. Over the course of the

emails, Simon falls in love—or, you know, the high school version of love—with the other anonymous student, constantly scanning his classmates for clues to his identity.

Those classmates include best friend Leah (Katherine Langford), who may or may not have a crush on him, new girl in school Abby (Alexandra Shipp), who is the crush of other buddy Nick (Jorge Lendeborg, Jr.), and Martin (Logan Miller), the resident class clown/ annoying guy. All of these characters are enjoyable with the exception of Miller’s, who plays the “annoying guy” role so well that he becomes genuinely, unappealingly annoying.

Director Greg Berlanti balances Simon’s school life with a heartwarming, beautifully depicted family life. Jennifer Garner, an underrated actress, is awesome as The Best Mom … Ever, while Josh Duhamel is equally terrific as Simon’s goofy, trying-to-be-cool dad. Talitha Bateman rounds out the family as the little sister who wants to be a cook.

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A Wrinkle in Time

While the original Pacific Rim had some definite problems, its sequel is a big, stupid, worthless, son-of-a-bitching waste of time. Uprising takes an original idea—big Kaiju monsters fighting man-made robots—from director/creator Guillermo del Toro. That Del Toro idea resulted in an OK first movie in Pacific Rim, with great elements but troublesome issues (robots/monsters, good … people, bad). Uprising takes that original idea and turns it into something akin to, or perhaps even worse than, the average Transformers movie. It’s a watereddown, cheap joke of a film that obliterates anything good del Toro started. Without del Toro directing—he dumped out a few years back to assume a producer’s role—the film loses all sense of style and artistic direction. Steven S. DeKnight, who has directed such TV shows as Smallville and Daredevil, makes his feature-film-directing debut with something that screams “Maybe I should’ve stuck with the TV gigs!” Replacing Charlie Hunnam as the original franchise star, John Boyega jumps headlong into this mess as Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, played by Idris Elba in the first movie. Jake is a former Jaeger (Giant Robot) pilot who, after the death of his dad and a bad Jaeger experience, has taken to partying and trading black market hot sauce in a post-Kaiju world. While Elba’s character supposedly closed off the monsters from our world, they find a way back (of course). This results in subpar CGI battles and lousy performances all around.

A beloved novel gets absolutely slaughtered with A Wrinkle in Time, a sure contender for one of 2018’s worst movies, and an embarrassment for the great talents involved. Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 novel was adapted by Disney once before with an also lousy TV movie back in 2003. The book has been bouncing around Hollywood for decades, with many attempts to bring it to the big screen being aborted. It’s a sad, sad thing that Disney finally took the plunge, dropped over $100 million and came up with this mess. Compounding the sadness is that it’s directed by Ava DuVernay, who made the excellent Martin Luther King, Jr., biopic Selma. While that film had a cohesive vision, excellent technical credits and powerhouse acting all around, her new film has none of these things. It’s total chaos on screen.

Crackpot-yet-dreamy scientist Mr. Murry (Chris Pine) is obsessed with interstellar travel, and believes that wrinkles in time could be used to travel light years through space. It’s never really established what he wants to achieve through such travel, but his obsession eventually leads to his disappearance for four years. He apparently travels through the universe with no real way to get home, and no real sense of purpose. His kids, led by Storm Reid, try to find him with a trio of strange folks played by Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling who look totally clueless.

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by Todd SouTh

In the chips Chihuahua’s Cantina & Grill has only been open for a couple months, but the room was packed on my group’s Friday night visit. Live music and plenty of loud conversation made for an entertaining evening. The complimentary chips were thin and crispy, served warm with a chunky salsa that was flavorful but also mild. We added an order of guacamole ($8) that was fresh but could have used just a bit more salt and spice.

I slurped down a tasty plate of three fresh oysters ($6) dressed with a squeeze of lime and then shared a pair of ceviche tostadas ($9) topped with sliced avocado.

The crisped tortillas held up well under the moisture, and the mix of fish, lime and pico de gallo was delicious. We also shared an order of choriqueso ($8), a melted mix of jack cheese and chorizo topped with pico de gallo, served hot in a small cast iron skillet with a side of small, warm corn tortillas.

It was outstanding.

Two of my friends ordered burritos—an el sancho burrito ($12) with al pastor pork and green and red chiles, and an el verde beef burrito ($12) with green chile. Each plate-sized beast was filled with whole beans and rice and topped with sour cream and salsa verde. The meats were tender and full of flavor. I’d have to toss a coin to choose which was best.

A plate of shrimp enchiladas ($13) was covered half and half with red and green sauces and topped with sour cream and Cotija cheese. The shrimp itself was well seasoned and not overdone. Combination plates come with a choice of items and a dessert. I ordered a three-item combo ($14) with an enchilada and both beef and chicken tacos, but instead received a beef tamale. The error was quickly corrected, and they didn’t charge extra.

El Volcan Molcajete is filled with shrip, steak, chicken, chorizo and other ingredients in a lava rock bowl.

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A pair of charbroiled flank steak dishes were very differently seasoned, yet equally mouthwatering. Arrachera norteña ($16) combined the perfectly cooked beef with chorizo, grilled onion, two small cheese quesadillas, a roasted jalapeño and refried beans, while the tampiqueña ($16) included green chile, onion, melted cheese and guacamole, served with a cheese enchilada.

Our shared el volcan molcajete ($35) was very impressive. The big lava rock bowl filled with charred arrachera steak, grilled chicken, skewered shrimp, chorizo, nopal, roasted jalapeño, onion, queso fresco and ranchero sauce, with both corn and flour tortillas. Sometimes this sort of thing is either overcooked— or one item stands apart from the rest—but the medley hit every note with precision. And it was easily enough food for two to three people.

I’ve seen hamburguesa on Mexican menus more than once, often as part of the kids’ menu. Here they offer four different varieties, and I couldn’t resist trying a chile relleno burger ($14). A big fluffy bun was filled with half a pound of Fallon angus beef and topped with a super cheesy chile relleno, ranchero sauce and even more cheese melted on top. Lettuce, tomato, onion and cucumber were on served on the side, along with a huge pile of crispy fries.

We closed out with the tres leches cake—included with the combo meal—and a serving of flan ($5). The cake was finished with strawberry topping and whipped cream, while the sizeable slice of custard pie had plenty of caramel sauce; both desserts provided a decadent end to an outstanding meal. Ω

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by Matt BiekeR

Larry DeVincenzi supervises the installation of a sliding door between RSL and the neighboring Under the Rose tasting room.

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In the 17th century, British sailors in the Caribbean were given a daily ration of rum to cut the sliminess of the usually stagnant drinking water aboard ships. With the addition of citrus to fend off scurvy, and plentiful cane sugar to make it more palatable, the mixture came to be known as “grog.”

While synonymous with stereotypical pirate swill, grog was essentially one of the first tropical cocktails. Its base ingredients of rum, sugar and lime still serve as the framework for a family of cocktails.

As a desert-dweller, I consider myself ignorant of tropical cocktails and know very little about rum. Fortunately, the owners of Rum Sugar Lime, the latest addition to midtown’s craft cocktail scene, gave me a sneak peek of the bar and their opinions on why rum is the only spirit I’d ever need.

“I try to open people’s brains up to the fact that rum is the most versatile spirit that has ever existed—literally, it’s made everywhere in the world,” said Loren DeVincenzi, owner and bar manager. “It’s just the liquor of the gods—I’m telling you right now.”

Loren and his family are all part owners of RSL. His father, Larry, runs the marketing efforts. His mother, Laurie, handles the bookkeeping. His sister runs social media for the bar, and his brother designed the logo. The family has had its plan in place since deciding on the name last March.

“I remember I was reading this book, Potions of the Caribbean, and it clicked,” said Loren. “I read this thing, it was like the holy trinity of tropical cocktails is rum, sugar, lime.”

Loren elaborated that RSL is meant to be a tropical cocktail bar, which differs

from the image people might have of a related aesthetic: the tiki bar, with its palmfrond huts, torches or masks.

“Tropical is much more refined and clean, and tiki is much more kitschy and accentuated—I guess is the term to use,” he said.

RSL, while unfinished on my visit, has none of the aforementioned kitsch, opting instead for glossy white counters and back lit marble shelving. The room itself remains brightly lit courtesy of its full-glass façade.

The drinks, too, Loren said, are different. A good example is the difference between the more elaborate mai tai and the simple daiquiri—the latter being a textbook representation of a tropical cocktail.

The craft of tropical cocktails values minimal ingredients, I was told, because of the sheer range of flavors that rum—both dark and white—can exhibit. From sweet to spicy, smoky to tangy, Loren insisted that anyone who doesn’t like rum simply hasn’t had the right kind yet. I asked Loren which of his drinks might make me a rum-drinking convert. He wouldn’t give the name just yet but told me that his signature cocktail features dark Hawaiian rum with a citrus-infused coconut milk he developed working with Cameron Atkinson at Centro.

Had the DeVincenzis not been awaiting their first shipment of liquor, I might have insisted on being their first customer, but instead I left RSL with a book Loren lent me for my research titled Rum Curious.

I remarked to Larry on my way out that, with summer on the way, people would be in the tropical mood soon enough.

“Tropical is just a state of mind!” he called after me. Ω

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Local band Dusty Miles and the Cryin’ Shame performed at the first Local 891 Live event on March 21.

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Non-commercial radio station NV89 has been on the air in Nevada for nearly a year now. The station, which is affiliated with Las Vegas-based Nevada Public Radio, debuted on April 12, 2017, with an mix of eclectic music and a goal of giving airtime to local bands, too. But NV89’s staff wasn’t sure how well that last part would go.

“Honestly, when we started, I had trepidations that we wouldn’t find a solid 50,” said Willobee Carlan, the station’s operations manager and program director. “And here we are a year later, we’ve got 180.”

NV89 plays 22 to 23 hours of music selected by its DJs daily, and a local band is included in every hour of programming.

Carlan explained that the 180 bands are from all across the state, not just Reno.

“Since we have a big footprint—covering the state of Nevada—we decided, ‘Well, let’s play music from the whole state,’” he said.

With the station’s one-year anniversary nearing—and more than triple the number of local artists than were expected in the on-air rotation—the station’s staff decided it was time to try something new. They arrived at the idea for a weekly live music event featuring local bands.

“We partnered with the Brew Brothers at the Eldorado,” Carlan explained. “And they, too, want to support the local music scene. So it was sort of like kismet when we got together and started talking about this. … And it was just a logical match for us to work together.”

Carlan admitted that this “logical match” might not seem so to the average local, many of whom associate casinos with cover bands and expect to catch original acts at smaller venues around town. But, he said, there were several reasons the Eldorado made a good fit for the event.

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Chief among them is that the casino can afford to pay bands every week for mid-week performances, whereas smaller venues might have to rely on a door charge.

And the weekday time slot, he explained, would keep the event from competing with live music at those smaller venues during the weekends.

“With the Local 891 Live working with Eldorado, the bands are getting paid, and there’s no admission—it’s free admission,” Carlan said.

The inaugural Local 891 Live show was held on March 21, featuring the bands Hopeless Jack and Dusty Miles and the Cryin’ Shame. Musicians Spike McGuire and Greg Gilmore helped select the lineup.

“I knew they were my go-to guys to help me reach all of the local musicians, to contact them and to book them,” he said.

But he was still nervous to see what turnout would be like. By showtime, however, the bar had become fairly busy— and many people there were, in fact, locals.

With his concerns for its success assuaged, Carlan said he’s looking forward to growing the event. Soon, he hopes to create a sort of exchange program wherein Las Vegas bands perform at the Eldorado every few weeks and Reno bands at an as-yet-undetermined venue in Vegas.

“And Eldorado is going to put the bands up in their hotel and take care of them,” Carlan said. “This is awesome.”

Carlan said he hopes—and believes— the event will have spur more interest from music fans, promoters and touring bands.

“The managers and booking agents will pay more attention to this as a viable market,” he said. “I think it’s all connected.

It’s not just about the Local 891 Live. …

We’re like one piece of the puzzle. Having a soapbox—a radio station—I think we take the responsibility … as part of our mission, that we’re here to help the community.” Ω

Learn more about Local 891 Live on the station’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NV89Radio.

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NATIVE PLANTS, POLLINATORS AND NATURAL GARDENING: At the University of Nevada, Reno, a collaborative effort to incorporate pollinator plants into the aesthetic landscape of the campus grounds began in 2015. Sarah Kulpa, restoration ecologist/botanist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will talk about the steps taken in this effort and will share tips on how to incorporate native plants and attract pollinators to your garden. Sat 4/7, 2pm. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948,.

POETRY MONTH READING SERIES: Michelle Wait, Jared Stanley, Krista Lukas and AB Gorham will read their poetry. Thu, 4/5, 6:30pm. Free. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., (775) 786-1188.

RENO ACES: The minor league baseball team kicks off its 2018 season playing the Fresno Grizzlies, April 4-8. The teams play again on April 21-23. Thu, 4/5-Fri,

4/6, 6:35pm; Sat, 4/7, 4:05pm; Sun, 4/8-Mon,

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The fourth annual music festival returns to Squaw Valley for a weekend of beer tastings and live bluegrass and acoustic roots music performances on four stages. The lineup includes The Devil Makes Three, Railroad Earth, The Infamous Stringdusters, The California Honeydrops, Elephant Revival, Steep Canyon Rangers, Fruition, The Brothers Comatose, Shook Twins, Jon Stickley Trio, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, Lindsey Lou and The Flat Belly’s, Grant Farm, Rapidgrass, Old Salt Union, The Kitchen Dwellers, Pickin’ on the Dead, The Good Bad, The Drunken Hearts, The Rumpke Mountain Boys, Lost Whiskey Engine, Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon, Bridget Law, The WWG All-Stars. The event kicks off on Friday, April 6, and runs through Sunday, April 8, at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, Calif. Tickets are $79-$339 for the main festival and $10-$30 for Grass After Dark tickets.

Visit www.winterwondergrasstahoe.com or squawalpine.com.

EVENTS BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR: The prestigious touring film festival features the winning films chosen at the annual event in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

The event benefits the Nevada Land Trust. Thu, 4/5, 7pm. $25-$30. Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 851-5180, nevadalandtrust.org.

BEER FEST: The Nevada Young Alumni Chapter’s 25th annual beer tasting event features live entertainment and nearly 100 different brews and spirits from more than 50 regional breweries and distilleries. Proceeds go toward funding scholarships for University of Nevada, Reno students. Fri, 4/6, 6pm. $35-$60.

Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St., (775) 233-1055, nevadayac.com/beer-fest.

DISCOVER YOUR PARK WALK: Learn about the importance of wetlands and their ecological impact and see the creatures that thrive in this environment. Wellbehaved dogs on leashes are welcome.

Thu, 4/5, 6pm. Free. Damonte Ranch Park and Wetlands, 1950 Steamboat Parkway, www.tmparksfoundation.org.

FIRST SATURDAY LECTURE SERIES: This month’s lecture describes the process of harvesting yeast from wild aspen tree groves while preserving the trees for future growth. Mary Arthur, a historian, nutritional alchemist and wild crafter, will explore the process of making “cowboy beer.” Sat, 4/7, 2pm. Free.

Sparks Museum & Cultural Center, 814 Victorian Ave, Sparks, (775) 355-1144.

FIRST THURSDAY: Grab a drink, listen to live music by King Finger and check out the galleries Thu, 4/5, 5pm. $10, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

THE FROG PRINCE: Brüka Theatre for Children presents its original adaptation of the classic Brothers Grimm tale. Sat, 4/7, 11am. South Valleys Library, 15650-A Wedge Parkway, (775) 851-5190.

MONITORING MOUNTAIN LION MOVEMENTS AND PREY CHOICE: Biologist Meegan Gray will talk about the diet of local mountain lions. Sun, 4/8, 2pm. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

4/9, 1:05pm. $9-$36. Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000.

RENO CANNABIS CONVENTION: The trade show will cover various facets of the cannabis industry, from the business side to the consumer side and everything in between. Sat, 4/7-Sun, 4/8, 11am. $25$40. Whitney Peak Hotel, 255 N. Virginia St., (303) 957-6009, therenoexpo.com.

SCIENCE EXPO FAMILY NIGHT: The event offers hands-on science investigations, experiments and demonstrations for visitors of all ages. This year’s activities focus on health, nutrition, the human body, organisms, ecosystems, food webs, life cycles, inheritance, adaptation and more. Thu, 4/5, 4:30pm. Free. Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, (775) 881-7560, tinyurl.com/SLTSciExpo18.

SCOTTISH AMERICAN MILITARY SOCIETY 2018 TARTAN DAY CEILIDH & FUNDRAISER: Enjoy music and dance performances, contests, raffles, the SAMS medal award presentation and food and beverages.

Sat 4/7, 4:30pm. $10. VFW Hall, 3675 Bunker Lane, (775) 303-1517.

SPRING OPEN HOUSE: The TMCC Open House will provide information about steps to enroll, review dates and deadlines for the Fall 2018 Semester and give prospective students and their families information about TMCC’s academic, occupational programs and student support services. There will be presentations in English and Spanish.

Tue, 4/10, 6pm. Free. Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd., (775) 673-8286, www.tmcc.edu.

ART ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Ukrainian Palette. Paintings by Ukrainian-trained artists and new co-op members Tetyana Anderson and Galina Milton. Thu, 4/5-Wed, 4/11, 11am-4pm. Free. Artists Co-op of Reno Gallery, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

THE HOLLAND PROJECT: Children Don’t

SNC CHOIR CONCERT: The Sierra Nevada

Immigrate They Migrate. An exhibition

by Brazilian-born/New York-based photographer June Canedo. An opening reception will be held on April 7 at 5pm, followed by a special Sunland Panel featuring Mahedi Anjuman, Maya Claiborne, Francesca Martinez, Felicia Perez at 6pm. The panel will explore working women of color in professional and cultural spheres. Sat, 4/7, 5-7:30pm. Free. The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858.

College Concert Choir, under the direction of Donna Roberts Axton, presents The Creation by Joseph Haydn. Thu, 4/5, Sat 4/7, 7pm. $15-$20, free for SNC students and staff, children under age 12. Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 881-7586, www.sierranevada.edu.

STEVE SPURGIN: The Texan singer-

songwriter performs. Fri, 4/6, 7:30pm. $17-$22. Mountain Music Parlor, 735 S. Center St., (775) 843-5500.

SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: Pioneers of Clean Energy. This exhibition is part of a larger ongoing portrait project by photographer Rick Chapman. The goal of the Pioneers of Clean Energy Portrait Project is to create a collection of photographic portraits and video interviews of the top scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs leading the clean energy revolution in the United States. An artist talk will be held in conjunction with the reception at 5:30pm on April 5. Thu, 4/5-Fri, 4/6, Mon, 4/9-Wed, 4/11. Free. Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, (775) 881-7525, www.sierranevada.edu.

WEST ST. MARKET: Art Walk Reno. The evening will highlight public art and murals and stop at several galleries and alternative venues along the way, including Sierra Arts Gallery, Art Indeed Gallery and La Terre Verte. Tickets are available at the door. Thu, 4/5, 6pm. $10.

West St. Market, 148 West St., (415) 5964987, artspotreno.com/art-walk-reno.

MUSIC EVENING WITH THE DIVAS 2018: Barbara D’Anneo, Carolyn Dolan, Grace Hayes, Andie Wilkerson and Maria Arrigotti Wehr will perform, accompanied by the Jeff Leep Band, at this fundraiser for Brewery Arts Center’s various programs. Sat, 4/7, 6pm. $35-$40.

Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King Street, Carson City, (775) 8831976, breweryarts.org.

L-CUBED LOOK, LUNCH, LISTEN CONCERT SERIES: L-Cubed is a free, weekly BYO lunch jazz and classical music series featuring music performances by students and faculty in a laid-back lunchtime setting. Wed, 4/11, noon. Free.

Frank & Joan Randall Rotunda, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: In its annual collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno Chamber Singers and Symphonic Choir, the RCO and guest conductor Jason Altieri will perform Tüür’s Flamma, Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 “Prague,” Beethoven’s Ah! perfido, Op. 65 and Bruckner’s Te Deum. Sat, 4/7, 7:30pm; Sun, 4/8, 2pm. $5-$55. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 348-9413.

ONSTAGE THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME: Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company presents this play by Simon Stephens based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. Fifteen-yearold Christopher has an extraordinary brain. He is exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life.

When he falls under suspicion for killing his neighbors dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earthshattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever. Thu, 4/5-Sat, 4/7, 7:30pm. $18-$20. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 124 W. Taylor St., (775) 322-3716, www.goodluckmacbeth.org.

DIVORCE SOUTHERN STYLE: The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe presents this farce

by Jennifer Jarrett, which centers on the zany schemes of a middle-aged divorcee who decides that the time is ripe to get back together with her ex-husband. The event includes a threecourse dinner and the show. Dinner starts at 6pm. Curtain time is 7:30pm.

The April 7 show will have tapas and an open bar instead of dinner. Fri, 4/6, 6pm; Sat, 4/7, 6:30pm. $50. Lake Tahoe Golf Course, 2500 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 577-0788.

IMPROV: The BAC Blowhards present an evening of improv. All ages welcome (PG13 humor). Fri, 4/6, 7pm. Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, (775) 883-1976, breweryarts.org.

NATION OF TWO: Brüka Theatre presents Tom Burmester’s contemporary family war drama. Nation of Two follows the lives of the Harper family as they prepare to scatter the ashes of 24-year-old Lt. Michael Harper on the anniversary of his combat-related death in the Iraq War. A surprise visit from a soldier who served with Michael at the time of his death ignites a powder keg of emotion and throws the family into crisis as they strive to preserve their memories of Michael while learning to let go. The play is suggested for people age 12 and older. Thu, 4/5-Sat, 4/7, 8pm. $18$25. Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.bruka.org.

PAW PATROL LIVE!: The live action production based on Nick Jr.’s hit animated show comes to town. Tue, 4/10, 6pm, Wed, 4/11, 10am & 6pm. $19-$50. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 686-6600, pioneercenter.com.

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Hipster replacement I’m a 57-year-old lesbian, and I’m only attracted to much younger women (very early 20s). We’re obviously in very different places in our lives, and these “relationships” don’t last very long. I also get a lot of grief from my friends.

I can’t change whom I’m attracted to, but I would like a long-term relationship.

Your previous girlfriend probably remembers prom like it was yesterday—because, for her, it kinda was.

Sure, there are probably some precociously mature 20-somethings out there. However, it usually takes a chunk of life experience—and relationship experience—for a person to grow into who they are and figure out what they want in a partner. So, as a 57-year-old woman, you’re probably as wellpaired with the average 22-year-old as you are with the average head of lettuce or desk lamp.

But say—one day while you’re cruising the aisles at Forever 21—you find the 20-something lady Socrates. There’s still a problem, and it’s the way society sneers at a big age gap between partners. The thumbs-downing comes both from a couple’s “own social networks” and from “society at large,” finds social psychologist Justin Lehmiller.

However, “perceived marginalization by one’s social network” appears to be most damaging— “significantly” predicting breakups.

Granted, it’s possible that you have some rigid age cutoff in the regions of your brain that do the “hot or not?” calculations. If that’s the case, simply finding a woman who’s young-looking is a no-go.

But ask yourself whether you simply prefer the springier chickens or are actually just afraid of the emotional risks (as well as the emotional adulthood) required in being with somebody closer to your age. That’s something you can work to correct. Ultimately, if you want a relationship, the answer to your “Hey, babe…where have you been all my life?” shouldn’t be “Um, waiting for my parents to meet so I could do the fun stuff fetuses do, like kickboxing in the womb and giving my mom gestational diabetes.”

The customer is always frightened I’m a 36-year-old single woman.

I’ve noticed that the more I like a guy the more nervous I get and the louder, more irreverent and more inappropriate I become. How can I stop doing this?

To calm down so you can talk like a person instead of a scary person, it helps to understand—as I explain in my new “science-help” book Unf*ckology—that “emotions aren’t just thinky things.” They have a basis in the body. For example, in the case of fear, your heart pounds, you breathe faster and adrenaline surges—whether what you’re afraid of is physical death or just, say, dying onstage while giving a talk—as you watch 43 people simultaneously yawn and pull out their phone.

The human brain is a marvel, but we can take advantage of how it’s also about as easily tricked as my dog. Take that bodily reaction of fear, which also happens to be the bodily reaction of being excited.

Research by Harvard Business School’s Alison Wood Brooks finds that you can “reappraise” your fear as excitement—by repeatedly saying aloud to yourself, “I am excited” (to talk with some guy, for example)—and actually shift yourself from a “‘threat’ mind-set” to an “‘opportunity’ mind-set.”

Assuming the current weather isn’t “nuclear holocaust with a chance of rain,” some dude you’re flirting with probably isn’t the last man on the continent. Keeping that in mind, reframe your interaction as a mere opportunity for something to happen with him—and an opportunity to figure out whether it’s a good idea.

You do that not by selling yourself like it’s 4:56 p.m. on Sunday at a yard sale but by asking him about himself. You’ll probably be at your most attractive by leaving a man guessing about you—as opposed to leaping to conclusions, like that you were the little girl who beheaded all the other little girls’ Barbies. Ω

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For the week oF April 5, 2018: ARIES (March 21-April 19): Eighty-three-year-

old author Harlan Ellison has had a long and successful career. In the course of publishing hundreds of literary works in seven different genres, he has won numerous awards. But when he was in his 30s, there was an interruption in the upward arc of his career. The film production company Walt Disney Studios hired him as a writer. During his first day on the job, Roy Disney overheard Ellison joking with a co-worker about using Disney characters in an animated pornographic movie. Ellison was fired on the spot. I am by no means predicting a comparable event in your life, Aries. On the contrary. By giving you this heads-up, I’m hoping you’ll be scrupulous and adroit in how you act in the early stages of a new project—so scrupulous and adroit that you will sail onto the next stages.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you an evolving

Taurus or an unevolving Taurus? Are you an aspiring master of gradual, incremental progress or a complacent excuse-maker who secretly welcomes inertia? Will the theme of your next social media post be “The Smart Art of Compromise” or “The Stingy Glory of Stubbornness”? I’m hoping you will opt for the former rather than the latter in each of the three choices I just offered. Your behavior in the coming weeks will be pivotal in your longterm ability to animate your highest self and avoid lapsing into your mediocre self.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you fly in a passenger jet from New York to London, the trip usually takes more than six hours. But on January 8, 2015, a powerful jet stream surging across the North Atlantic reduced that time significantly.

With the wind’s extra push, several flights completed the trip in five hours and 20 minutes. I suspect you’ll have comparable assistance in the course of your upcoming journeys and projects, Gemini. You’ll feel like the wind is at your back.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Actor Keanu Reeves’

career ascended to a higher level when he appeared as a lead character in the film Speed.

It was the first time he had been a headliner in a big-budget production. But he turned down an offer to reprise his starring role in the sequel, Speed 2. Instead he toured with his grunge band Dogstar and played the role of Hamlet in a production staged by a local theater company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I admire him for being motivated more by love and passion than by fame and fortune. In my estimation, Cancerian, you face a choice that in some ways resembles Reeves’, but in other ways doesn’t.

You shouldn’t automatically assume that what your ego craves is opposed to what your heart yearns for and your soul needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A Leo sculptor I know

is working on a 40-foot-long statue of a lion.

Another Leo friend borrowed $30,000 to build a recording studio in her garage so she can pursue her quixotic dream of a music career.

Of my other Leo acquaintances, one is writing a memoir of her time as a black-market orchid smuggler, another just did four sky dives in three days, and another embarked on a long-postponed pilgrimage to Slovenia, land of her ancestors. What about you? Are there any breathtaking challenges or smart gambles you’re considering? I trust you can surf the same astrological wave.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How sexy is it possible

for you to be? I’m referring to authentic soul-stirring sexiness, not the contrived, glitzy, counterfeit version. I’m alluding to the irresistible magnetism that wells up in you when you tap into your core self and summon a reverent devotion to your life’s mission. However sexy it is possible for you to be, Virgo, I suggest you unleash that magic in the coming weeks. It’s the most reliable strategy for attracting the spiritual experiences and material resources and psychological support you need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my

analysis of the cosmic omens, your impact is rising. You’re gaining influence. More people are tuning in to what you have to offer. And yet your stress levels also seem to be increasing.

Why is that? Do you assume that having more power requires you to endure higher tension?

Do you unconsciously believe that being more worried is the price of being more responsible? If so, banish that nonsense. The truth is this: The best way to manage your growing clout is to relax into it. The best way to express your growing clout is to relax into it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The immediate future

will challenge you to revisit several fundamental Scorpio struggles. For best results, welcome these seeming intrusions as blessings and opportunities, and follow these guidelines: 1. Your control over external circumstances will increase in direct proportion to your control over your inner demons. 2. Your ability to do what you want will thrive to the degree that you stop focusing on what you don’t want.

3. Your skill at regulating and triumphing over chaos will be invincible if you’re not engrossed in blaming others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m about to

say things that sound extraordinary. And it’s possible that they are in fact a bit overblown.

But even if that’s the case, I trust that there is a core of truth in them. So rejoice in their oracular radiance. First, if you have been hoping for a miracle cure, the next four weeks will be a time when you’re more likely than usual to find it or generate it. Second, if you have fantasized about getting help to address a seemingly irremediable problem, asking aggressively for that help now will lead to at least a partial fix. Third, if you have wondered whether you could ever retrieve a lost or missing part of your soul, the odds are more in your favor than they’ve been in a long time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The French

government defines books as an “essential good,” along with water, bread and electricity.

Would you add anything to that list of life’s basics? Companionship? Stories? Deep sleep?

Pleasurable exercise and movement? Once you identify your “essential goods,” I invite you to raise the level of reverence and care you give them. Take an oath to treat them as holy treasures. Boost your determination and ability to get all you need of their blessings.

The coming weeks will be a favorable time to enhance your appreciation of the fundamentals you sometimes take for granted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Buckingham Palace

is the home and office of the Queen of England. It has been the main royal residence since Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837.

But in earlier times, the site served other purposes. The 17th-century English lawyer Clement Walker described the building occupying that land as a brothel, a hotbed of “debauchery.” Before that the space was a mulberry garden where silkworms turned mulberry leaves into raw material for silk fabrics. I see the potential for an almost equally dramatic transformation of a certain place in your life, Aquarius. Start dreaming and scheming about the possibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Carolyn Forché

is a role model for how to leave one’s comfort zone. In her early career, she earned writing degrees at placid universities near her childhood home in the American Midwest. Her first book mined material about her family; its first poem is addressed to her grandmother. But then she relocated to El Salvador, where she served as a human rights advocate during that country’s civil war. Later she lived and wrote in Lebanon at the height of its political strife.

Her drive to expand her range of experience invigorated her poetry and widened her audience. Would you consider drawing inspiration from Forché in the coming weeks and months, Pisces? I don’t necessarily recommend quite so dramatic a departure for you, but even a mild version will be well rewarded.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

by KRis VAgNER

Comedian

for Domino’s Pizza. … He’s not doing an old Robin Williams album. … It’s mostly about original material. He’ll say “nanu, nanu” and quote Good Morning Vietnam or something, but the comedy material is original material, and it’s material about what’s happening today. … That’s one of the things the show has to offer: What would it be like if I could watch Robin Williams tonight? … The “more” comes from the moments that he takes with the audience to offer a form of closure to people who just can’t understand what happened. It’s hard to explain, but there’s an emotional, uplifting message to the show. It’s got a mission of love. I am sold. I am personally drinking the Kool-Aid on this one.

Marc Price is best known as Skippy, the Michael J. Fox character’s best friend on the 1980s sitcom Family Ties. He costars in the traveling comedy show Robin: The Ultimate Robin Williams Tribute Experience, at the Pioneer Underground April 12-14 and 19-21. For tickets, visit pioneercenter.com/underground.

Where are you now?

Right now, I’ve lived in the same place since I’m 17 years old. I’m 50. I had the pleasure of peaking when I was 17 years old. I don’t know if that’s true for most all human beings, or if it was just me.

I was riding high with Family Ties and everything, and I made all the mistakes that people make when they’re making lots of money. … But I did one thing right, and I bought this beautiful piece of property in the Hollywood Hills, and I’ve lived there since I was 17.

What were your earliest experiences onstage like?

I’m told [that as a baby] I was brought out as this cheap device for applause.

My mom was a singer. My dad was the comedian. They were on the bill together. At the end of the show, they’d bring out their baby. I was practically a standing ovation. Talk about getting hooked young, right? But then I would start to introduce my dad and trade jokes with him, and then come out at the end and do a little dance

number. … I’d introduce him, and he’d come out and compliment me and say, “What a great introduction. I have to give you credit.” And I’d say, “You said cash!” … At 14 years old is when I started going solo. … I went right away on the The Merv Griffin Show. … NBC called, and they kind of groomed me for Family Ties. I was really lucky.

Tell me about the tribute show.

There’s nobody who can channel Robin Williams like Roger [Kabler]. He’s just an incredible artist. He transforms. It’s not a caricature. It’s not an impression. … It’s none of these things, and it’s all of these things. He feels that Robin Williams came to him and literally asked if he could use Roger’s body as a vessel to continue to make people laugh. How weird is that? I use my body as a vessel

What’s your part of the show like?

If you’re asking what people can expect from my standup, I like to say, “Not a refund.” I get a little political. I’m not overly political, that’s for sure. I certainly don’t piss off—if anything I kiss up to— Republicans in the audience. A liberal kissing up to Republicans is something you won’t find on Facebook. But I am a liberal. I’m from L.A. That’s the way it is. There’s something in the kale. … I have an open mind about stuff. I do feel firmly about my beliefs, but at the same time, I don’t want to just dismiss anyone who thinks differently. I truly am openminded. I like Roseanne. I like what she does. We’re in such a state of deadly gridlock that anything that can bring us together is important. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Corrupt ammosexual throneheads Steve Schmidt is that rarest of Republican talking heads, in that he’s actually somewhat sane on many key issues. (He was McCain’s campaign manager in ’08.) And his scorn for Dum Dum is like yours— so palpable you can chew on it, like a big wad of toxic, political tobacco.

He recently spoke loudly and clearly on the rampant and brazen graft and widespread corruption exhibited throughout the entire Duministration. Schmidt opined, “This season of corruption that we’re in the middle of is real.It’s not normal. It’s completely unprecedented … and it’s getting worse.”

So, yes, this column is like a fresh Post-it note on yer fridge, because you just don’t “see” the old one any more. And this new Post-it says, “These guys are fuckin’ crooks.”

That’s it. They’re fucking crooks.

Pure and simple. Think of Gates.

Of Manafort. Flynn. Jared. JARED! Stone cold crooks, and incredibly

prolific liars to boot. (Biggest liar of them all? Not Trump. Putin!) We can’t get comfortable with the level of graft that’s now on display. As Schmidt just said, “It’s not normal.” ● OK, for the Throneheads out there in Babylon, let’s have some laffs with Dum Dum in Westeros.

There have been a lot of rulers on Thrones, running the royal gamut from kings to princes to scoundrels to tyrants. My question—which ruler of Westeros is most Trumpish? There are many to consider.

No, not Ramsey. That freak was a special breed of twisted, and, like Joffrey, was at heart a true sadist, one who got off on his mean streak Of course, Trump’s not even close to Ned or Mance Rayder, or even Stannis. Tywin isn’t a bad call, since they share some qualities of prickitude. And we can’t forget the obvious parallels with the unseen but still influential Mad King. But

I’m picking Walder Frey, who was a fiend, an old fart, and a greedy lecher with two incompetent sons as lieutanants. And there ya go! ● The two best words seen here in Neon Babylon in the last three months are ammosexual and sadopopulism. I stole both, and I wanna get some extra mileage from them. Ammosexual being a nifty, smart aleck new way to label some jerk a “gun nut,” and sadopopulism being a political approach that inflicts mostly pain upon its constituents, as witnessed by just about everything these fucking pirates do. And now, “President” Spanky has a hard-on for Jeff Bezos. Isn’t that just precious? Your appropriate response?

Buy Russian Roulette via Amazon, and then an online subscription to the Washington Post. Ω

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